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prpl on July 25, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: It’s time to leave the leap second in the past

Please consider that none of this actually matters if we ditched UTC for TAI. For one, time zones still exist and local solar time is already decoupled from clock time.

The worst case scenario is things are different.

ncmncm on July 25, 2022 [–]

Not everybody would "ditch UTC for TAI". Some would, some wouldn't. Now you cannot know whether you will match anyone.

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